Who sets the curriculum for all EMS courses?
ANSWER
DOT
Physician who authorizes/delegates authority to provide medical care in the field.
ANSWER
Medical Control
Provides national standards for EMT testing and certification.
ANSWER
National Registery
Recognition, patient assesment, continued assesment and stabilization in hospital, definitive
care.
ANSWER
Continuum of Care
Types of stress include:
ANSWER
Cumulative, post-traumatic stress reaction, eustruss, acute stress, and chronic stress
Management of stress includes:
ANSWER
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,Eliminate stressors, change partners, get rid of negative personalities, change work hours,
reduce overtime, change your attitude, don't obsess over what you can't change, excercise,
diet.
S/S of stress include:
ANSWER
Increased respiratory rate, heart rate, and B/P, vasodilation, dialted pupils, tensed muscles,
increased glucose levels, perspiration, deacreased blood flow to gastrointestinal tract, irrita-
bility, inability to concentrate, difficult or increased sleeping, anxiety, guilt, loss of appetite,
decreased sexual activity, loss of interest in work, alcholism, drug use.
Fight or Flight response:
ANSWER
During an acute stress response, the autonomic nervous system is activated and the body
increases level of cotricol, adrenilen, and other hormones that produce an increased heart
rate, quick breathing, and higher BP. Blood is shunted from extremities to the big muscles to
"fight or flight".
Control and prevention of contamination include?
ANSWER
Hand washing, gloves, eye protection, gowns, masks, mask, respirators, barrier devices, and
immunizations.
Routes of transmission include:
ANSWER
Direct - touch or droplets
Indirect - spread by inanimate objects
Mechanical (vector born) - by insects
Biological - Transmissions by which the germs live or grow
Airborne - sneezes, coughs
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, Dust - may carry pores, may remain for long periods.
Duty to Act is?
ANSWER
An obligation to provide care.
Duties include:
ANSWER
Duty to:
-Respond
-Obey laws and regulations
-Operate an emergerncy vehicle reasonably and prudently
-Provide care and transportation to expected standard
-Provide care and transport consistent with the scope of practice and local medicine proto-
col
-Continue and transport through to its appropriate conclusion
The scope of practice is?
ANSWER
Descriptionof what assessment and treatment skills and EMT may legally perform.
Implied consent is?
ANSWER
Consent in which a patient is unable to give consent and is provided treatment under the im-
plication they would want treament.
Informed consent is?
ANSWER
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ANSWER
DOT
Physician who authorizes/delegates authority to provide medical care in the field.
ANSWER
Medical Control
Provides national standards for EMT testing and certification.
ANSWER
National Registery
Recognition, patient assesment, continued assesment and stabilization in hospital, definitive
care.
ANSWER
Continuum of Care
Types of stress include:
ANSWER
Cumulative, post-traumatic stress reaction, eustruss, acute stress, and chronic stress
Management of stress includes:
ANSWER
1
,Eliminate stressors, change partners, get rid of negative personalities, change work hours,
reduce overtime, change your attitude, don't obsess over what you can't change, excercise,
diet.
S/S of stress include:
ANSWER
Increased respiratory rate, heart rate, and B/P, vasodilation, dialted pupils, tensed muscles,
increased glucose levels, perspiration, deacreased blood flow to gastrointestinal tract, irrita-
bility, inability to concentrate, difficult or increased sleeping, anxiety, guilt, loss of appetite,
decreased sexual activity, loss of interest in work, alcholism, drug use.
Fight or Flight response:
ANSWER
During an acute stress response, the autonomic nervous system is activated and the body
increases level of cotricol, adrenilen, and other hormones that produce an increased heart
rate, quick breathing, and higher BP. Blood is shunted from extremities to the big muscles to
"fight or flight".
Control and prevention of contamination include?
ANSWER
Hand washing, gloves, eye protection, gowns, masks, mask, respirators, barrier devices, and
immunizations.
Routes of transmission include:
ANSWER
Direct - touch or droplets
Indirect - spread by inanimate objects
Mechanical (vector born) - by insects
Biological - Transmissions by which the germs live or grow
Airborne - sneezes, coughs
2
, Dust - may carry pores, may remain for long periods.
Duty to Act is?
ANSWER
An obligation to provide care.
Duties include:
ANSWER
Duty to:
-Respond
-Obey laws and regulations
-Operate an emergerncy vehicle reasonably and prudently
-Provide care and transportation to expected standard
-Provide care and transport consistent with the scope of practice and local medicine proto-
col
-Continue and transport through to its appropriate conclusion
The scope of practice is?
ANSWER
Descriptionof what assessment and treatment skills and EMT may legally perform.
Implied consent is?
ANSWER
Consent in which a patient is unable to give consent and is provided treatment under the im-
plication they would want treament.
Informed consent is?
ANSWER
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